TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Was Civil War surgery effective?
JO  - Historical methods: a journal of quantitative and interdisciplinary history
A1  - Baker, Matthew J.
SP  - 49
EP  - 61
VL  - 51
IS  - 1
N2  - During the U.S. Civil War surgeons performed a vast number of surgeries. Whether surgery increased wounded soldiers' chances of survival has been debated ever since. I analyze a unique observational data set gathered by Dr. Edmund Andrews, a surgeon with the 1st Illinois Light Artillery. I use Dr. Andrews's data, model selection tools, and doubly robust estimation methods to estimate treatment effects from surgery. I find that surgery increased wounded soldiers' chances of survival by 0.09-0.16, depending on the specific model of surgical procedure.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0161-5440
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01615440.2017.1408440
ID  - ref1
ER  -